DocumentCode
376017
Title
Metro area transparent WDM optical networks
Author
Tomkos, Ioannis
Author_Institution
Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
425
Abstract
The performance of transparent metropolitan area networks utilizing cost-effective, application-optimized, optical layer components and fiber is discussed. Results for 2.5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s per channel bit-rates are presented
Keywords
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; Q-factor penalty; WDM optical networks; application-optimized components; cost-effective components; cost-effective transmitters; filter concatenation effects; limiting transport effects; optical transparency; transparent metropolitan area networks; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7105-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968854
Filename
968854
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